US4091871A - Horseshoes made from titanium alloy compositions - Google Patents
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- the improved titanium based compositions of this invention consist essentially of a major amount of titanium metal and a minor amount of modifying metals to provide added strength and other desirable mechanical properties.
- Titanium alloys that may be used for forming the horseshoe of this invention are those described on pages 524-542 of Metals Handbook, Vol I, "Properties and Selection of Metals," 8th Edition, published by American Society for Metals, 1961.
- a most suitable alloy for making the horseshoes of this invention is the titanium alloy described on pages 524-542 of the aforementioned Metals Handbook comprising titanium as the base metal with aluminum in an amount of 6% by weight, vanadium in an amount of 4% by weight as modifing metals.
Abstract
This invention relates to novel horseshoes exhibiting outstanding wearability. The horseshoes of this invention are made from titanium alloy compositions which provide a desirable combination of mechanical properties (e.g., high strength, flexibility, resiliency, good wearing qualities, abrasion resistance, workability, lightness, moldability) that makes them particularly suitable for the production of horseshoes.
The preferred titanium alloy composition for making the horseshoes of this invention is titanium alloy consisting essentially of titanium, aluminum in an amount of 6% by weight and vanadium in an amount of 4% by weight.
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Prior to this invention, it was known that the property of lightness in a horseshoe, particularly for use on racehorses and the like was a very desirable property. For this reason the most commonly used shoes for racehorses and the like are made of aluminum. While aluminum horseshoes afford the desired lightness, they do not exhibit particularly good wearability. The average life for an aluminum horseshoe for a racehorse is in the neighborhood of a month or so.
An object of this invention is to provide an improved horseshoe which affords the same desirable property of lightness as aluminum but has improved wearability.
The improved titanium based compositions of this invention consist essentially of a major amount of titanium metal and a minor amount of modifying metals to provide added strength and other desirable mechanical properties. Titanium alloys that may be used for forming the horseshoe of this invention are those described on pages 524-542 of Metals Handbook, Vol I, "Properties and Selection of Metals," 8th Edition, published by American Society for Metals, 1961. A most suitable alloy for making the horseshoes of this invention is the titanium alloy described on pages 524-542 of the aforementioned Metals Handbook comprising titanium as the base metal with aluminum in an amount of 6% by weight, vanadium in an amount of 4% by weight as modifing metals.
In producing a horseshoe in accordance with this invention, any conventional procedures for forming shaped articles may be used, preferably by molding using conventional molding procedures.
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FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a molded horseshoe of conventional shape and design made of titanium alloy in accordance with the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a plan view of the horseshoe.
FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view along the line 3--3 of FIG. 2.
In forming a horseshoe in accordance with the present invention, titanium alloy (6% by weight aluminum and 4% by weight vanadium) is heated in a suitable heating chamber (e.g., an extruder) to a moldable temperature (3,500° F.) and an appropriate amount of the mixture to form a horseshoe of the configuration shown in FIG. 1 is shot into a mold having a cavity of the configuration of the horseshoe shown in FIG. 1 to fill the mold. The mold is then cooled in a conventional manner after which the molded horseshoe is removed from the mold.
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1. A horseshoe made from a titanium alloy composition wherein in addition to titanium as the base metal there is incorporated 6% by weight of aluminum and 4% by weight vanadium of the total alloy composition.
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Cited By (16)
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| US4215750A (en) * | 1978-11-07 | 1980-08-05 | Fields Ronald H | Horseshoe |
| US4480698A (en) * | 1983-05-02 | 1984-11-06 | Farley Metals, Inc. | Nickel-coated aluminum racing horseshoe |
| US4780271A (en) * | 1985-10-02 | 1988-10-25 | Westinghouse Electric Corp. | Process and apparatus for burning gases containing hydrogen and for cooling resulting combustion gases |
| WO1988008666A1 (en) * | 1987-05-13 | 1988-11-17 | Johan Lennart Olofsson | Horse shoe |
| US5678636A (en) * | 1994-09-20 | 1997-10-21 | Preiss; Mildred | Titanium horseshoe |
| US5848648A (en) * | 1994-09-20 | 1998-12-15 | Preiss; Mildred | Titanium horseshoes |
| FR2805969A1 (en) * | 2000-03-10 | 2001-09-14 | Jean Gabriel Leconte | Horseshoes are made from sheet titanium alloy |
| US6435059B1 (en) | 1999-08-13 | 2002-08-20 | Mark R. Martinez | Light-weight striking tool |
| US6454016B1 (en) * | 1999-09-02 | 2002-09-24 | Nitinol Technologies, Inc. | Nitinol horseshoes |
| US6536308B1 (en) | 1999-12-30 | 2003-03-25 | Sturm, Ruger & Company, In. | Tool having an attached working surface |
| US20030059641A1 (en) * | 2001-09-24 | 2003-03-27 | Weaver Samuel C. | Metal matrix composites of aluminum, magnesium and titanium using silicon hexaboride, calcium hexaboride, silicon tetraboride, and calcium tetraboride |
| US20050161233A1 (en) * | 2004-01-28 | 2005-07-28 | Thoro'bred Racing Plate Co., Inc. | Horseshoe including calks |
| US20070218320A1 (en) * | 2001-09-24 | 2007-09-20 | Weaver Samuel C | Metal matrix composites of aluminium, magnesium and titanium using silicon hexaboride, calcium hexaboride, silicon tetraboride, and calcium tetraboride |
| USD758074S1 (en) * | 2015-09-27 | 2016-06-07 | H. Stetser Murphy, Jr. | Eyeglass holder |
| CH713813A1 (en) * | 2017-06-12 | 2018-12-14 | Stephane Schweizer | Titanium equine iron |
| USD915933S1 (en) * | 2018-03-09 | 2021-04-13 | Kimberly B. Friedman | Wallet clip |
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| US2197166A (en) * | 1939-07-31 | 1940-04-16 | Wheeler Jay | Animal shoe and the like |
| US3258335A (en) * | 1963-11-12 | 1966-06-28 | Titanium Metals Corp | Titanium alloy |
| US3548947A (en) * | 1969-01-15 | 1970-12-22 | Matthew P Mackay Smith | Horseshoe |
| DE2129473A1 (en) * | 1970-06-17 | 1972-01-20 | Nippon Mining Co Ltd | Titanium alloy |
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| US2197166A (en) * | 1939-07-31 | 1940-04-16 | Wheeler Jay | Animal shoe and the like |
| US3258335A (en) * | 1963-11-12 | 1966-06-28 | Titanium Metals Corp | Titanium alloy |
| US3548947A (en) * | 1969-01-15 | 1970-12-22 | Matthew P Mackay Smith | Horseshoe |
| DE2129473A1 (en) * | 1970-06-17 | 1972-01-20 | Nippon Mining Co Ltd | Titanium alloy |
Cited By (18)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US4215750A (en) * | 1978-11-07 | 1980-08-05 | Fields Ronald H | Horseshoe |
| US4480698A (en) * | 1983-05-02 | 1984-11-06 | Farley Metals, Inc. | Nickel-coated aluminum racing horseshoe |
| US4780271A (en) * | 1985-10-02 | 1988-10-25 | Westinghouse Electric Corp. | Process and apparatus for burning gases containing hydrogen and for cooling resulting combustion gases |
| WO1988008666A1 (en) * | 1987-05-13 | 1988-11-17 | Johan Lennart Olofsson | Horse shoe |
| US5678636A (en) * | 1994-09-20 | 1997-10-21 | Preiss; Mildred | Titanium horseshoe |
| US5848648A (en) * | 1994-09-20 | 1998-12-15 | Preiss; Mildred | Titanium horseshoes |
| US6435059B1 (en) | 1999-08-13 | 2002-08-20 | Mark R. Martinez | Light-weight striking tool |
| US6454016B1 (en) * | 1999-09-02 | 2002-09-24 | Nitinol Technologies, Inc. | Nitinol horseshoes |
| US6536308B1 (en) | 1999-12-30 | 2003-03-25 | Sturm, Ruger & Company, In. | Tool having an attached working surface |
| FR2805969A1 (en) * | 2000-03-10 | 2001-09-14 | Jean Gabriel Leconte | Horseshoes are made from sheet titanium alloy |
| US20030059641A1 (en) * | 2001-09-24 | 2003-03-27 | Weaver Samuel C. | Metal matrix composites of aluminum, magnesium and titanium using silicon hexaboride, calcium hexaboride, silicon tetraboride, and calcium tetraboride |
| US7160503B2 (en) | 2001-09-24 | 2007-01-09 | Saffil Limited | Metal matrix composites of aluminum, magnesium and titanium using silicon hexaboride, calcium hexaboride, silicon tetraboride, and calcium tetraboride |
| US20070218320A1 (en) * | 2001-09-24 | 2007-09-20 | Weaver Samuel C | Metal matrix composites of aluminium, magnesium and titanium using silicon hexaboride, calcium hexaboride, silicon tetraboride, and calcium tetraboride |
| US20050161233A1 (en) * | 2004-01-28 | 2005-07-28 | Thoro'bred Racing Plate Co., Inc. | Horseshoe including calks |
| US7011163B2 (en) | 2004-01-28 | 2006-03-14 | Thoro'bred Racing Plate, Co. Inc. | Horseshoe including calks |
| USD758074S1 (en) * | 2015-09-27 | 2016-06-07 | H. Stetser Murphy, Jr. | Eyeglass holder |
| CH713813A1 (en) * | 2017-06-12 | 2018-12-14 | Stephane Schweizer | Titanium equine iron |
| USD915933S1 (en) * | 2018-03-09 | 2021-04-13 | Kimberly B. Friedman | Wallet clip |
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